Thank you for your responses, I appreciate your thoughts. You’ve all solidified my suspicions.

To answer TishaBuv...the only reason I’m even questioning this is because I felt such a strong attraction to him that is very rare, the moment I met him it just felt really familiar and looks wise he was exactly my type! That just doesn’t happen. Hence why I’ve even entertained responding to him this long, even though I’m sure this puts me on the back foot in some ways. I suppose in all honesty I’m keeping the door open for him too as I’m not ready to date anyone right now until I get a couple of things in my professional and personal life sorted.
But thank you for questioning me as is helped to clarify my thoughts.